There are 84 men starting and they will do 2 start loops and 6 full laps of the 4.8 km course

Geoff Kabush has appeared on the line with semi-shaved sideburns

Nino Schurter (Switzerland) is the defending champion and he will be under pressure by multi world champ Julien Absalon (France), last weeks World Cup winner Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), José Hermida (Spain) who has won on this course before, and Geoff Kabush (Canada) who was 3rd here at the World Cup in 2009